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Two BSF troopers injured in Pakistan firing 

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JAMMU, December 06 : Two Border Security Force (BSF) troopers were critically injured on Thursday in Pakistani firing on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district.

Police sources said the incident took place in Sunderbani sector.

“Pakistan forces targeted two forward locations of the LoC manned by the BSF and Army. Two BSF troopers were injured. They have been shifted to a hospital,” an official said.

Earlier, a soldier was killed in Pakistan firing in Machil sector in Kupwara district.

The Pakistan Army also violated ceasefire in the Uri sector of LoC on Thursday, triggering an Indian retaliation. (IANS)

Governor congratulates Sahitya Akademi Award winners

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JAMMU, DECEMBER 6: Governor Satya Pal Malik has congratulated Sh. Inderjeet Kesar and Sh.  Mushtaq Ahmad Mushtaq on being conferred with the prestigious Sahitya Akademi Annual Awards for 2018.

 Sh. Kesar has received the Award for his Dogri novel “Bhagirath” while Sh. Mushtaq has got the Award for his collection of short stories “Aakh” in Kashmiri language.

Governor has greeted the winners and wished them continuing successes in all their future endeavours.

Former Finance Minister Haseeb Drabu Quits PDP

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Former finance minister Haseeb Drabu has resigned from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

Drabu announced his resignation in a letter to PDP president, Mehbooba Mufti.

“Even though I have not been a dissident you are aware I had resigned from the cabinet, assembly and party nearly two years ago which you didn’t accept — I have disengaged from the party affairs for quite some time now.”

“I didn’t precipitate the matter because I believe it is ethically and morally wrong to leave the party under whose aegis one has contested and won the seat in the legislative assembly. Now that it is over, I am hereby resigning from the JK PDP,”_ Drabu wrote in his letter.

Police arrest three goons for thrashing Kashmiri students in Ambala Haryana

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Haryana, Dec 6, : Police in Haryana arrested three goons for thrashing some Kashmiri students while a hunt has been launched to nab others.

   Reports said that Kashmiri students of two Ambala Colleges including SRM Group of Colleges and E-Max Engineering College were on way to their respective colleges from their rented accommodation at Nahooni when many goons intercepted their vehicle at Kamroli and attacked them.

   Reports said that goons without any provocation thrashed three Kashmiri students and damaged their private vehicle. “The goons thrashed us for being Kashmiri. They used bottles and iron rods. We suffered multiple injuries,” said a student Sheikh Babar Jazeib to news agency CNS.

   Reports said that one of the victim students is the son of a top police officer from Kashmir who informed his father about the incident. Accordingly the matter was raised with police station Mulana who in a swift action registered an FIR vide number 269/2018 under section 323, 34, 341, 427, 506 IPC.

   A police official from Mulana Police Station while confirming the incident said that so far three accused have been arrested while the hunt has been launched to nab others. He identified some of the injured Kashmiri students as Muhammad Yasir Dar from Pinglish Tral and Sheikh Babar of Kokarnag. (CNS)

NIA court issues production warrant against Aasiya Andrabi, two other Dukhtaran-e-Millat activists

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Srinagar : A special court of National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday issued a production warrant against Aasiya Andrabi, Sofi Fehmeeda, and Naheeda Nasreen of Dukhtaran-e-Millat, after taking cognisance of recent charge sheet against them.

The NIA court has issued the production warrant against the three accused women for December 12. The production warrant is an order issued by a criminal court of law to produce a person before the court in connection with criminal proceedings pending against him.

Residential house, shed damaged in Uri Border shelling

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Uri, Dec 06 : A residential house and a shed was damaged due to overnight cross-border shelling in Uri sector of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district.

Official sources told Kashmir Despatch that Pakistan army again resorted to unprovoked ceasefire violation in the Kamalkote area of Uri sector and targeted Indian posts with heavy firing and shelling since Wednesday morning.
Official said army also responded “effectively”.

The cross-border shelling continued intermittently till 11 am of this day.

In the shelling, one residential house and a shed of Hakim Ali Mir son of Atta Mohammad Mir resident of Bathard Kundi Barjala Kamalkote damaged.

Sub District Magistrate Uri Baseer ul Haq told Kashmir Despatch that the affected famiky has been shifted to safer places, he however added that concerned authorities have been directed to shift the people for safer places in case situation warrants so. He added that cross LoC trade via Uri has been suspended for a day as a precautionary measure.

Pertinently on Wednesday two army soldiers identified as Sepoy Dupo Veshunath and Naik M Walim of 8 Rashtriya Rifles were injured in a ceasefire violation who were later hospitalised.

Zakir Musa spotted in turban, Punjab parts on high alert

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Firozabad and Bhatinda regions were put on high alert on Thursday morning after militant commander Zakir Musa was spotted in Punjab wearing a Sikh turban, reported News 18.

“Punjab police in Gurdaspur had even pasted posters of Zakir Musa, the chief of Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind militant outfit with reported links to Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM),” the report said.

“Army Chief Bipin Rawat had recently warned that attempts were being made to revive insurgency in Punjab and had even cautioned that people needed to be careful especially during the festival season to prevent anti-national forces from succeeding in their nefarious designs,” News 18 reported.

Telangana set for change: Rahul Gandhi

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Kodad (Telangana), Dec 5 (PTI) Congress President Rahul Gandhi Wednesday charged Prime Minister Narendra Modi and caretaker Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao with having a “partnership” and vowed to end their rule at the Centre and in the state.

“In a few days, a storm will come in Telangana, a storm of change will come, and the voice of people of Telangana will again control the state, and fulfil the dreams of Telangana,” he said predicting victory for the Congress-led alliance in the December 7 Assembly polls.

“We would like to stand with you to complete this task. We will listen to you and run the state. We want to build your Telangana and this is going to happen”, Gandhi said.

Addresssing his last campaign meeting in Telangana ahead of the polls, Gandhi alleged “there is a partnership between Narendra Modi and KCR (as Rao is referred to by many). KCR supports Narendra Modi in Delhi (at the central level).”

In this context, he noted that the TRS had supported the BJP-led NDA government on GST, demonetisation, and Presidential and Vice-Presidential elections.

The “real name” of TRS (Telangana Rashtra Samiti) is T-RSS, Telangana-RSS (Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh), Gandhi said.

“And its (TRS) job is to protect Narendra Modi in the country. We are going to break this partnership. First, we will defeat KCR here (in Telangana). And then, Congress and other parties will defeat Narendra Modi,” he said.

“We are firm on removing Narendra Modi,” he added.

Gandhi said Modi in his speeches criticises him, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu and other leaders of the Congress-led alliance in Telangana but spares KCR.

“Narendra Modi has got the remote control of Telangana. KCR did corruption. CBI and ED are in the hands of Narendra Modi”, he charged.

Targeting the TRS government, he claimed that 4,500 farmers committed suicide during its regime in the state, which today also has 35 lakh unemployed youth.

Gandhi charged Modi and KCR with not doing anything for the welfare of farmers, and said the first thing that the Congress-led alliance government would do after coming to power was to waive loans of farmers.

He also claimed that Modi waived Rs 3.5 lakh crore loan of 15 rich people in the country, while “his friend” KCR redesigned projects to help “rich contractors”.

When Telangana was formed, it was a revenue-surplus state but today it has a debt of Rs 2.5 lakh crore, he alleged and said KCR’s son’s (K T Rama Rao) income reportedly jumped by 400 per cent during the period.

Accusing KCR of running “family rule” in Telangana, he said it would not be one family rule after the Congress-led alliance comes to power. “The people of Telangana will run the state.”

Gandhi further told the crowd: “Our aim is to snatch money from the thieves and give it to honest people…we will take money from the pockets of Anil Ambani, Mehul Chowksi, Nirav Modi, Vijay Mallya and give it to you.”

TRS like the BJP is going it alone in the Assembly polls. The Congress and TDP are part of the ‘People’s Front’ which also comprises the CPI and Telangana Jana Samiti.

World Soil Health Day celebrated at Kargil

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KARGIL, DECEMBER 05: Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) Kargil celebrated World Soil Health Day at KVK Administrative cum Laboratory Block Kurbathang here today.

Councillor Pashkum Constituency of LAHDC, Kargil Kacho Muhammad Feroz was the chief guest on the occasion.

Chief Agriculture Officer, Kargil Ghulam Muhammad Khan, Professor and Head KVK, Kargil Akhone Mehdi, Pomologist KVK Diskit Dolkar, scientists of KVK besides officers of the line departments and a large number of farmers from different parts of the district were also present.

A farmers’ awareness programme on soil management was also held wherein the speakers highlighted the importance of soil health maintenance for profitable and sustainable agricultural yield.

Speaking on the occasion the chief guest while haling the efforts of KVK Kargil for having organized the awareness session urged upon farmers to strive hard to ensure better soil health by adopting efficient application of correct types and amounts of manure and fertilizers for the supply of nutrients so as to make their agricultural practices productive and profitable. He said that soil testing is being undertaken by KVK and Agriculture Department Kargil in different parts of the district and exhorted upon the farmers to test their soil regularly and use manure and fertilizers as per the recommendations of the experts so as to achieve better production.

Feroz also directed the officers of KVK and line departments to conduct awareness programmes for the farming community regarding soil health at regular intervals with thrust on advance publicity, so as to apprise them of the scientific techniques in the balanced use of fertilizers and organic manures. He also highlighted the need to carry out serious debates and discussions for giving a boost to Agriculture as a job-oriented sector in the district.

Earlier the officers of line departments and scientists of SKUAST enlightened the farmers about the importance of soil health and soil testing facilities as well as various measures like the use of organic manures in highest proportions, proper aeration, ploughing, tillage, rotational cropping and adoption of mulching in water-deficient areas.

The speakers on the occasion also highlighted the revival of the use of water reservoir tanks for filtration and desilting of water for efficient irrigation, well rotten and decomposed organic manure as well as using procurement of gypsum to reduce the alkalinity of soil as some measures to ensure better soil health for satisfactory crop production and growth.